This was a christmas gift for my cousin Ceri. It shows a butterfly flying on birds wings. It took a while to design, and is the first paper cut that i have designed before cutting, using my new Ipad. I put a lot of thinking in to this design, and it holds much meaning for both me and Ceri.

Most of the time i find xacto kifes arn't sharp enough, and dull really quickly. I use 10A Swann morton surgical blades and a 3G S/S handle. on average i go though between 5 and 8 blades per paper cut, although this depends on its size and complexity. This image used 6 blades.

Haha sadly not this one, its a very personal peace of artwork made as a gift for the cousin. However I do have plans to put up a tutorial on DA to create a different design. And will soon be selling templates on etsy.

This one is hand cut, I do use laser cutting, but not to often. It's a great machine, but I enjoy cutting by hand more. Feels more rewarding and i find it pretty relaxing. I've had a lot of questions about my working process after getting the DD, so I'm planning to do a walk through or tutorial soon.

Thank you! It would be interesting to see how you do it... whenever I cut a lot of paper for whatever sort of project, my fingers end up hurting quite a bit... maybe I hold the x-acto/ scissors too hard.

If I don't do much cutting for a couple of days I find my fingers hurt too. But doing it a lot you end up with hard skin where you hold the knife, so it doesn't really hurt. Although over the years I've cut myself a lot ! Haha.

Thanks This was cut from red card (I forget the weight) that was sold as large scrap booking paper. Not done much cutting with origami paper, I like something slightly thicker. Less chance of thing ripping haha.